George H.W. Bush

I wish I’d saved and framed the note the Legend wrote to me many years ago when I was an up-and-coming columnist for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and the Legend was living in nearby Ponte Vedra Beach.

I do remember two of the things the Legend wrote in the note. He gave me a tip about satirical sports writing: “You can’t force funny.” And he gave me a compliment: “You’re one of the best young sports columnists in the country.”

Well, I ain’t so young anymore.

And the Legend is gone.

Dan Jenkins, the iconic Hall of Fame golf writer and college football chronicler, died Thursday at the age of 90.

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